Session ten: Bait part 2

PCs:
Debbie: A young woman who worked in marketing, from Arizona, accomplished with a knife
Courtney: A wealthy New York business man
Lucy Newton: Little girl with a foul mouth, parents are missing
Tyrone: An IT professional with a startling propensity for violence
Buford: A shotgun toting preacher
Matoo: A ranch worker, a talent with the blade
O'Neal: A ship's engineer, dangerous with a wrench
Peter: A Russian with a lot of tattoos, ghostlike in the forest

NPCs of note:
Naomi: Hugely attractive best friend of Debbie
Henry: An old man, watches over the marina
Eleanor: Henry's wife
Dave Brewer: Leader of motorcycle gang, the Ghost Riders
Ian Mackenzie: An old guy, deadly with a ladder
Tommy Vikarios: A teenager with a bad attitude
One other survivor from the Pinnacle

Debbie, Matool, Courtney, Buford, Tommy, Ian and Henry are all holed up in the sporting goods store. They decide that the bikers cannot be trusted to hold up their end of the bargain and that the group will have to do something to rescue the hostages. Tommy thinks that most of the zombies have been cleared as Brewer demanded. Courtney thinks that any plan they make has to begin with getting out of a building surrounded by zombies. The group make their way up to the roof. They see Brewer and his men entering the town and Matool sees a black BMW approach their building slowly then stop.

The group decide that their best option is to distract the zombies as much as they can and then make a run for it. Using golf balls they manage to set off a couple of car alarms and make some more general breaking noises. They also heave some aluminium cladding off the roof creating more noise. They then leave the shop via the back door. They are confronted by six zombies but manage to dispatch them quickly and silently. Leaving the carpark they are approached by the BMW and discover that it's being driven by Peter and O'Neal. Everyone manages to squeeze into the BMW and the group decides it has to check out the police station - they may find an extra vehicle and any weaponry there is better off in their hands rather than Brewer's. Arriving at the station they find evidence of a firefight. The place has also been thoroughly looted. Searching the place, Debbie turns up half a dozen police batons, Buford finds a few tools and O'Neal finds two sets of spike strips.

On their way out of town O'Neal spots a house that he thinks is a good option for a second vehicle. Tommy picks the lock, Buford is attacked by a zombie and O'Neal finishes it off. The group finds a four wheel drive truck, a small amount of food, some clothes and little else. Buford believes that the army presence they saw must have been involved in systematic looting. The group get back in the cars and Henry guides them out of town.

As the two vehicles approach the location where they believe the gangs bikes are, Buford gets out and approaches on foot. He approaches silently and sets himself up in a good position over-looking the four gang members who are watching the bikes. After half an hour the two vehicles approach the bikes at speed. Debbie, driving the 4WD, considers making a handbrake turn to bring the shooters to bear but instead decides to go right over the bikes and bikers. One biker is immediately killed and the rest scatter. A gunfight ensues and the PCs are victorious. After looting the scene and disabling the bikes the group head to Henry and Eleanor's house to rescue the hostages.

Again stopping a distance away, Peter and Buford sneak towards the house on foot while the others wait for their signal. Peter again displays an uncanny ability to move silently in the woods. Buford, unbeknownst to him, is spotted as he approaches the house. Another firefight erupts with Buford sniping from the tree-line while Peter runs for the house. The rest of the party arrive in the 4WD and beging shooting their way into the house. Peter, inside the house sees one of the gang members throwing petrol around the ground floor and hears screams from upstairs. Peter tries to take him out but misses and the house is set on fire. Everyone but Buford and Courtney run into the burning house. Matool and O'Neal search the inferno for supplies while Peter and Debbie release the hostages. Peter finds Eleanor dead in one of the rooms, seemingly beaten to death. Everyone runs outside. Henry moves the Winnebago away from the burning building, unaware of his wife's death. When he realises she didn't make it he takes his gun and shoots himself in the head.